Lexicon
טָעַן
ta.an
H2944
H:V Hebrew

to pierce

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ta.an describes those pierced in the scene of the slain in Isaiah 14:19.

The attested use depicts people who have been pierced among the slain, expressed as a passive participle in Isaiah 14:19.

Senses in use

  1. Pierced among the slain · dominant

    In Isaiah 14:19, the passive participle occurs with “the slain” in a scene involving a sword; the APB renders the clause “clothed with the slain who are pierced by a sword.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 14:19, the APB presents the clause as “the slain who are pierced by a sword.” That wording confirms the scene without isolating the term's precise English equivalent.

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